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I re I IN wutrnxN KiumtoxT HICKMAN FULTON COUNTY KENTUCKY FRIDAY JUNE 5 1908nlTAJlLllUDD WHOLE IN NO THE Mil TEAR Idle
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lectors for thcorn
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lelegate for each 200 I
I traction over 100 votes
i n B Parker the Demo
e for President MI f 1904
orllI the custom of tepEe I
Democratic Suit COD i
in Kentucky for many I
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while Ubere are sis Osus
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I i ng tbe Courier 40 yean
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People and n Events
Mrs L C Lunsford of Km
HickMwo hat been on tbe sick lii <
for several days
Wonder aloe will Mooted t L 1I 1 GI
MOM At ret on the State GIll I In I
ml t tee in the flit district Wr ri 1I 1 I
not bt appropriate to select corr
wbo rttttts at last in two huts lr
miles of bit dittriet Mayfir
Mettoager
Mile Amos Cheat of Fulton Kv
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Two lady employee 01 tie Courier
ftet bate narrWd this year
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aroood this way But doat crowd
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Uifoufb the South vbere during
the C u War MM afterwards be
was a rnaaykuom sad aotaole figure
tee by OM tie sturdy men wbo
led UM ball boils of 61 are dying
Nf Wew mote years all of
01 them will be foot And at they
die off the never geaeratioot get
further and further away from the
peraoMl line of eoaumMMoation with
the Civil war Con Le was a mOlt
diMtmrotebed pstssaal flak betwoen
the froeratkxt of the war and the
generation of today In war aad I
in peace be won tile esteetn and aIo
fertion of all wbo honor courage
and character
Mitt Cora Steward was on the
iirn nt > tie dv last week
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Mary Rllcn the two year old
daughter of Rev M E Stanley at
Fulton died Saturday from the
effects of carbolic acid which she
Irank by a mistake The child UT
ed only 45 minutes after swallowing
the poison
L W Carter and Hon T N
Smith were here from Fulton Fri
dayThe
The ponoftce authorities have
again given warning to newspapers
that the law governing the publica
lion of lucky number holders in raf
flee and other things will be strictly I
enforced from now on The warn
ing states that newspaper publishers
most exerdtc cure In the future and
not publish anything regarding pee
sing contests or any other proposi
Lion wherein there is any chance of
a lottery or chance scheme The
penalty for the violation is the with
drawal of the paper from the mails
i Mies Flora Taylor formerly of
Pulton and Paul Wlcc of Farmers
villa La were married last week
A Fulton county gentleman who
made the experiment the past sea
son recommends moth balls as an
effective means of keeping the strip
ed beetle off the cucumber squash
and melon vines The remedy is
not only inexpensive l but easily ap
plied only one ball being neeastary
for each hill
Dont buy a cheap sewing ma
chine but get a Singer the kind
that lasts See the Agent L A
Brock
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1m The Swirn i
so far as clothes are concerned thats the con
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dition of every man who wears our clothes i
Weve got the stuff that gives distinction and
character to a mans look and whether its a fine a
Hart Sehaffiner Marx Suit
or one fa more moderate r price make youll
find the very best quality style and workman J
ship possible for the money C
Suits and prices for any man From e
500 to 2500 I
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Hut SchaiVmr Marx
Copyright tape by
line of Suits to be found in Hickman stylish good
FOR BOYSBy far the the largest l ne Boys
wearing well made sal tsthe kind that will please boys and mothers Priced from 150 1 to 700 1 J
yvvyOther Good Things to Wear For Men andBoys v i
Oxfords Shirts Underwear Hats Hosiery EtcThe largest and best stock in Hickman youll
i agree with us after a lookandall fairly priced
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The marriage of Mitt Ivy Crea
son to William Hammond at the
home of the bride in West HickmAn
Thursday evening came as a threat w t
ruipriM to tbe friends of both par i t d
ties The ceremony was performed gt
Rev J W Waters in tbe presence of
only a few Immediate reUihres and
friends
Mrs Hammondt is a daughter of
Mrs T S Mooney and is a mod
est sensible little lady She was
formerly in the employ of this office
and her sweet disposition and ad
mi table trails of character won for
her the esteem of her associates as
well as all who know her
Mr Hammond is an employee of
the Mengel Box Co coming to this
city from MayfleUl Ky about two
years ago and has many friends in
Hlokmai
HlakmatThe
I The Courier Joins their friends in
extending best withes
If you cant And what yon want
at other stores go to BetterworthtK
ti Prathers tK
PratherlrJ
PrathasMrs rJ
Mrs Jennie Croft of Fulton died
at her home In that city Friday
night Mrs Croft was born in
Henry county Term April 38
1SS3 She was a daughter cf Hon
Wm RWgeway On May 201SE5t t
she was married to W C Croft and
was a member of the Baptist church
at Fulton Deceased is survived by
her husband Interment took place t
at Mt Moriah cemetery
cemeteryt t
rtute r
tute workers lecturers and organ
ixers has been called by Commis U
sioner of Agriculture M C Rankin
to meet at Frankfort on July 1st
Hon Jno A McClure is the State + +
Lecturer from this district t j
Several well knewn gentlemen are
gentlemetrareC
free for all scrap on Clinton street t
Saturday night On the same night
three negroes who work on Robt
Goalders place in the lower bottomt
were hauled to Hickman looking
very much like a bunch of shoe 1
strings An enraged negrtss with
aWade Butcher raior in her
I hands did the carving The finish
I ing touches were put on Sunday
i morning when two liverymen engag y
ed in an affair of honor One of
I the combatants told a Courier man
IItbe II
he thought it was something in the
atmosphere Seems like
IatDClpbre I Imowi i
A Fulton editor wants to know
how long girls should be courted
Try em the same way as short Irls1i
only reach higher9
Last Saturday thirteen carloads of
r
elegant strawberries were sold by
I the growers in I and around Villa
Ridge Ills to borne and foreignM
buyers for northern markets Most
ly for cash in hand There were
about 500 cases in each car and 1 t
prices averaged 200 a case or
about 13000 was paid to the farm
ers at that place last Saturday for tt
strawberries alone We can do theI I
tame thing at Hlokman
4
Saturday is trading day Come l
to Hickman
HickmanFire u
Fire alarm was again founded Sat
urday night at a30 and folks rush
ed to the glare of light on the hill
to find the residence of Calvin Kelli
I ton on Ohio street a veritable fur
nace Before the waterworks could
be brought into action the residence
I immediately east of it was well caught
I and both burned to the ground
IThe I houses were owned by W C
Johnson on which he carried SS2S
insurance one a threeroom cottage
and the other four
Mr Kellison and family wee
away from home at the tiMe of the
conflagration and lost all their house
hold goods Insurance 300
The other residence was occupied
by J M Bell who succeeded in get
ting his goods out of the house
I These houses arc located 100
I yard south of the residence of Mrs
iVitling and the prospects were
good for burning a dozen houses
until the flames were finally subdued
No one can account for the origin of
the fire It is true Mr Xs lion
left a coal oil lamp I burning In his
home when he left it but the I fire
was discovered In aftwitor part of 1
the house
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